How The Leaves Came Down Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABB CDCDD DEDEE FGFGG HIHII DJDKJ LBLMB| I'll tell you how the leaves came down | A |
| The great Tree to his children said | B |
| You're getting sleepy Yellow and Brown | A |
| Yes very sleepy little Red | B |
| It is quite time you went to bed | B |
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| Ah begged each silly pouting leaf | C |
| Let us a little longer May | D |
| Dear Father Tree behold our grief | C |
| 'Tis such a very pleasant day | D |
| We do not want to go away | D |
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| So just for one more merry day | D |
| To the great Tree the leaflets clung | E |
| Frolicked and danced and had their way | D |
| Upon the autumn breezes swung | E |
| Whispering all their sports among | E |
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| Perhaps the great Tree will forget | F |
| And let us stay until the spring | G |
| If we all beg and coax and fret | F |
| But the great Tree did no such thing | G |
| He smiled to hear their whispering | G |
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| Come children all to bed he cried | H |
| And ere the leaves could urge their prayer | I |
| He shook his head and far and wide | H |
| Fluttering and rustling everywhere | I |
| Down sped the leaflets through the air | I |
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| I saw them on the ground they lay | D |
| Golden and red a huddled swarm | J |
| Waiting till one from far away | D |
| White bed clothes heaped upon her arm | K |
| Should come to wrap them safe and warm | J |
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| The great bare Tree looked down and smiled | L |
| Good night dear little leaves he said | B |
| And from below each sleepy child | L |
| Replied Good night and murmured | M |
| It is so nice to go to bed | B |
Susan Coolidge (sarah Chauncey Woolsey)
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